Ugh. I Iooked at that clip, and if it really was made in AE, the person who did it had troubles galore getting it right. Even though 3D applications are tough to use, it would still be easier to pull this effect off using one.

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[Ong Joseph]"seems like the layers are not sitting on the sphere..they are sliding a little.. "

If you've got the layers parented to a null, I bet the rotation of the null is wrong. But there are other hurdles to overcome, too.

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[Ong Joseph]"on my CC Sphere layer's rotation properties does not seem to work. It only responds to when the camera's position/poi is adjusted. "

What? Apparently you're unaware that the CC Sphere effect does NOT make a 3D object, it makes a 2D image that merely looks like a 3D object.